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		</div><p>Pep Guardiola hailed Gabriel Jesus’ continual improvement following the Brazilian’s double in Manchester City’s victory over Everton.</p>
<p>Jesus struck both goals at the Etihad Stadium on New Year’s Day as the Premier League champions claimed a hard-fought 2-1 win against Carlo Ancelotti’s new side.</p>
<p>The double took the 22-year-old’s tally for the season to 13, eight of which have now come in his last eight appearances.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Another couple of sweet goals against the ð¬s</p>
<p>ðµ <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/MCIEVE?src=hash&;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#MCIEVE</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ManCity?src=hash&;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#ManCity</a> <a href="https://t.co/yr7cvUGERH">pic.twitter.com/yr7cvUGERH</a></p>
<p>&mdash; Manchester City (@ManCity) <a href="https://twitter.com/ManCity/status/1212489502607982599?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 1, 2020</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>Injuries and a lack of starts due to the brilliance of Sergio Aguero in the centre-forward’s position have hampered Jesus since his move to City in January 2017, but Guardiola is pleased with his output.</p>
<p>The City boss, who brought Jesus into the side among five changes, said: <em>“He’s a young player but the way he defends and fights… of course he has to improve, he knows it, and we have spoken together about what he has to do, but I think every day he is better and better.</em></p>
<p><em>“What he has shown so far in the period he’s been here, he’s had ups and downs, but with his age and the injuries he’s had, he was excellent.</em></p>
<p><em>“Sergio is irreplaceable for what he means to our fans, what he’s done in this club, but every year is one season more for Sergio, and we have a lot of games, so we need good back-ups for all the players.</em></p>
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<p><em>“Sergio has an excellent complement with Gabriel. They have an incredible relationship for strikers, which is good. In the last game Sergio helped us to win with a fantastic first goal and here it was Gabriel.”</em></p>
<p>Playing their third game in six days, City were not at their most exhilarating but they largely outplayed Everton.</p>
<p>A Phil Foden goal was disallowed for offside by VAR in the first half but Jesus’ double early in the second half put the hosts in command.</p>
<p>An error by goalkeeper Claudio Bravo, playing with Ederson out ill, allowed Richarlison to pull one back but City finished strongly and Jesus was denied a hat-trick by the post.</p>
<p>Jesus said: <em>“I always try to give my best. I’m a striker, so I have to score goals. Sometimes it’s possible, sometimes not, now I’m very happy for having scored twice.</em></p>
<p><em>“When a striker scores he is always happy but I’m even more pleased with how well we played against a great team with amazing players.”</em></p>
<p>Guardiola may have already accepted City are unlikely to catch Liverpool this season but Jesus will not give up easily.</p>
<p><em>“We have to keep fighting until the end,”</em> he said. <em>“Of course it’s going to be difficult but we have to try.”</em></p>
<p>Everton’s defeat was their first in three games since Ancelotti took charge just before Christmas.</p>
<p>Tom Davies, who earned a late call-up to the side after Bernard was injured in the warm-up, has no doubt the team are in great hands.</p>
<p>He said: <em>“We are going in the right direction. Even though we weren’t at our best the lads showed great spirit to keep going and not let the game get away from us.</em></p>
<p><em>“We are all looking forward to the rest of the season and trying to get on a run.</em></p>
<p><em>“We are looking good. We have to listen to him (Ancelotti) and improve and go on and win more games.”</em></p>
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